Wolters Kluwer Health Appoints Susan Driscoll as Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Books Business of its Professional & Education Unit

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA--(Marketwire - July 8, 2008) - Wolters Kluwer Health, a division
of Wolters Kluwer, a leading provider of information and business
intelligence for students, professionals, and institutions in
medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical
industry, announced today the appointment of Susan Driscoll as
Executive Vice President & General Manager of the Books division of
its Professional & Education business unit.

Driscoll brings to Wolters Kluwer Health more than 25 years of
experience in academic, trade and online publishing. Prior to Wolters
Kluwer Health, Driscoll held the positions of Vice President,
Strategy for Author Solutions, Inc., and President & CEO of
iUniverse, Inc., the world's leader in online publishing. She
successfully built the model for authors to find their customers
utilizing state of the art publishing systems coupled with the
marketing power of the internet.

"The appointment of Susan Driscoll brings us extensive electronic
publishing experience as well as the C-level skills and business
proficiency to take our leading books' and journals' content into the
next era of new media", said Gordon Macomber, President & CEO of
Wolters Kluwer Health, Professional & Education. "We could not be
more thrilled to have Susan join our leadership team."

Driscoll gained extensive e-business experience while she served as
Chief Operating Officer of Bedford, Freeman & Worth, guiding
operations for the college text book publisher. She also held senior
management roles at HarperCollins and Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

Jeff McCaulley, President & CEO of Wolters Kluwer Health continues:
"I am excited about the leadership team within our Wolters Kluwer
Health Professional & Education business unit, and our potential to
accelerate growth and competitiveness as we strive to drive medical
excellence via the transformation of healthcare through information."

Driscoll, who will be based in Philadelphia, PA, is a graduate of
University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

About Wolters Kluwer Health
Wolters Kluwer Health (Conshohocken, PA), a division of Wolters
Kluwer, is a leading provider of information and business
intelligence for students, professionals and institutions in
medicine, nursing, allied health, pharmacy and the pharmaceutical
industry. Major brands include traditional publishers of medical and
drug reference tools and textbooks, such as Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins and Facts & Comparisons®; electronic information providers,
such as Ovid, Medi-Span® and ProVation®; and pharmaceutical
information providers such as Adis International and Source®. Wolters
Kluwer Health has annual revenues (2007) of $1,044 million (EUR 761
million) and employs approximately 2,700 employees globally. For more
information, visit www.WKHealth.com.

About Wolters Kluwer
Wolters Kluwer is a leading global information services and
publishing company. The company provides products and services
globally for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate,
financial services, legal, and regulatory sectors. Wolters Kluwer has
annual revenues (2007) of EUR 3.4 billion ($4.8 billion), maintains
operations in over 33 countries across Europe, North America, and
Asia Pacific and employs approximately 19,500 people worldwide.
Wolters Kluwer is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Visit
www.wolterskluwer.com for information about our market positions,
customers, brands, and organization.

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